7 Things: Middle East risk grows; Alabama allowed to block transgender transitioning for minors; and more …
7. It always seems like our government is obsessed with building charging stations odd number. U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) says if it's going to be done, he wants it built in partnership with a U.S. company. To stop $7.5 billion from going to China, he voted in favor of a resolution banning that money […]
State Pension Fund Is Helping a Middle Eastern Firm Export Arizona’s Precious Groundwater – Mother Jones
A new groundwater pump was installed in 2017 for agricultural use in La Paz County, Arizona. Deborah Souza Silva This article is a collaboration between: mother jones and Revealed by the Investigative Reporting Center, a nonprofit investigative news organization.Please listen to this too reveal's accompanying podcast, 'Arizona's Great Water Acquisition” As a rural Arizonan Facing […]
State Pension Fund is Helping a Middle Eastern Firm Export Arizona’s Precious Groundwater
As rural Arizona residents face the prospect of their wells running dry, foreign companies are siphoning the state's vast groundwater to grow hay for Saudi Arabia and other wealthy countries. Now it turns out that the primary investor in the water transfer plan is Arizona's own employee retirement fund. In La Paz County, a rural […]
The key swing voting bloc in Orange County isn’t white suburbanites, it’s middle class Latinos and Asians
Robert Baca's political compass has always been toward the Republican Party, but lately he feels like he doesn't fit in there. Although he voted for Donald Trump in the past two presidential elections, Baca distances himself from the culture wars that seem to enrage today's staunch Republicans. Instead, he wants Washington to address the economic […]
Trump’s Historic Push For Middle East Peace Stalls Out Under Biden
Despite the initial success of former President Donald Trump’s Abraham Accords, the White House is losing ground in its efforts to push for a deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia, according to Bloomberg. The White House has been in talks for months to expand on the foundation laid by the Trump administration. abraham agreementA historic […]
US Deploys Marines To The Middle East To Combat Increased Iranian Aggression
The United States will send thousands of Marines to the Strait of Hormuz amid mounting attacks on merchant shipping by Iran, the Pentagon said Thursday. The announcement follows the recent deployment of a fleet of F-16 and F-35 fighter jets and the guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hadner to the region after Iranian naval vessels attempted […]
Teen Arrested At Denver Airport Was Trying To Join ISIS In The Middle East, Officials Say
Authorities arrested a teenage boy in Colorado on Friday for allegedly providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a statement. Davin Daniel Meyer, an 18-year-old from Castle Rock, Colorado, is working with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office to join the FBI Denver field office on suspicion […]
Flagstaff Junior Academy continues search for new middle school location
Flagstaff Junior Academy (FJA) is nearing discovery of a new location for the middle school it plans to move to in time for the 2024-2025 school year. The school’s offer for a vacant property was received on the morning of Friday, June 30. FJA is currently working with architects, engineers and the city to build […]
Watch: Video Captures Daytime Stabbing In Middle Of New York Street
A video of an early morning street fight between two men, one armed with a knife, was released Friday in the middle of a crosswalk in New York City. The two young men, one fully clothed and the other shirtless and wearing a white hat, were seen in traffic on Seventh Avenue and West 30th […]
Middle School Coach Reinstated After Suspension For Misgendering A Student
A middle school coach in Vermont has been reinstated after being suspended for alleged sex misconduct against a student by the school district, according to ABC News. Travis Allen, women’s soccer coach at Randolph Union Middle and High School lawsuit The superintendent of the Orange Southwest School District was suspended for posting a post on […]
